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57 Pontiac "Zero Fox"
- Thread starter tRustyK5
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I should register it for Drag Week as a '57 Pathfinder. Nissan totally stole that name from Pontiac...
unpolished Torq Thrusts are not off the list...and that car is about the same color as mine. The owner is a savage too...
Here are a few more ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
I concur for the most part.
Except for Milner's coupe, and the Two Lane '55. I will never get enough of those. Especially if the coupe has a Man-a-fre, and the '55 has big block with a tunnel ram.
Martin
So, supply chain BS has had a few things sitting in limbo lately. I finally cancelled a couple of items to get the rest on it's way, then re-ordered some similar items that were in stock. Lately I've been working on more of the front of the car while everything is easy to get to. eBay tubular control arms, QA1 adjustable coil overs with 350# springs, and a full Leed disc brake kit. Rotors, calipers, brackets, all the bearings, seals, and small parts, disc/drum dual chamber master, prop/combination valve, and brake lines.
The start was removing the original suspension. I borrowed a method I saw on a youtube channel I follow. (DD speed Shop)
Basically you remove the shock and insert about two feet of threaded rod with a flat plate on the bottom and nut and washer on top.
Next you set up your floor jack under the lower arm pivot bar and remove the mount bolts.
Then you loosen the nut on the all thread until it goes slack, and let the jack down a little. lather, rinse, repeat...
Then you unbolt the upper control arm and remove the entire assembly.
Requisite cleaning and rattle can resto action...
much better!
Driver's side assembled
With brakes
And the frustrating part. i opened the bag with the passenger side lower arm, and no mounting bolts, or weird mounting wedge block. Foxing seller responded immediately last week, and now seems to be ghosting me.
All the tie rods and steering links feel tight. I'm going to continue cleaning them, give em a shot of grease and carry on. The center link does hit the oil pan at right and left limits. How much further it could steer I kinda don't know. I never counted turns lock to lock before dropping in the 389. Right now it has 3 3/4 turns being stopped by the oil pan at either direction. Being a manual box I am going to guess it should have more like 5 turns lock to lock and some oil pan mods are upcoming...
Parts arriving soon:
Melonized distributor gear.
Trans mount
filler neck repop
Canister fuel filter
more steel line and inverted flare fittings for brake lines
Strange billet 1350 trans yoke
Exhaust stuff, elbows, straight tube, collector three bolt rings.
That's it for now. Probably spend some more time cleaning the underneath of the car, and maybe install the gas tank tomorrow.
The start was removing the original suspension. I borrowed a method I saw on a youtube channel I follow. (DD speed Shop)
Basically you remove the shock and insert about two feet of threaded rod with a flat plate on the bottom and nut and washer on top.
Next you set up your floor jack under the lower arm pivot bar and remove the mount bolts.
Then you loosen the nut on the all thread until it goes slack, and let the jack down a little. lather, rinse, repeat...
Then you unbolt the upper control arm and remove the entire assembly.
Requisite cleaning and rattle can resto action...
much better!
Driver's side assembled
With brakes
And the frustrating part. i opened the bag with the passenger side lower arm, and no mounting bolts, or weird mounting wedge block. Foxing seller responded immediately last week, and now seems to be ghosting me.
All the tie rods and steering links feel tight. I'm going to continue cleaning them, give em a shot of grease and carry on. The center link does hit the oil pan at right and left limits. How much further it could steer I kinda don't know. I never counted turns lock to lock before dropping in the 389. Right now it has 3 3/4 turns being stopped by the oil pan at either direction. Being a manual box I am going to guess it should have more like 5 turns lock to lock and some oil pan mods are upcoming...
Parts arriving soon:
Melonized distributor gear.
Trans mount
filler neck repop
Canister fuel filter
more steel line and inverted flare fittings for brake lines
Strange billet 1350 trans yoke
Exhaust stuff, elbows, straight tube, collector three bolt rings.
That's it for now. Probably spend some more time cleaning the underneath of the car, and maybe install the gas tank tomorrow.
Fuel line is 3/8" with a high volume Holley mechanical pump. Should be enough...
Lookin good! Nice work!
Cleaned the area the gas tank would be covering and gave it a coat of camo green, because ironically it matches the painted areas I could find under there. Also brush painted the parts of the frame that would be hard to get to later, then installed the tank.
The floors and trunk are in great shape for original...
Gas tank installed
God I hate being under there, just miserable "shit work". I guess a little at a time will get it at least decent. Yes the gas tank arrived with a dent in it...of course. Are there any good shipping people anymore, or do they all just not give a fox anymore?
The floors and trunk are in great shape for original...
Gas tank installed
God I hate being under there, just miserable "shit work". I guess a little at a time will get it at least decent. Yes the gas tank arrived with a dent in it...of course. Are there any good shipping people anymore, or do they all just not give a fox anymore?
Once you get to each point underneath doing the same work will yield results that your future self will thank you for.
It’s shit work now but a good time investment for better working conditions later when you are doing race car stuff at the track.
It’s shit work now but a good time investment for better working conditions later when you are doing race car stuff at the track.
It absolutely sucks doing that work. Especially when its all on top of you!
sucks about the gas tank getting banged up. I assume it would be prohibitive to wait for a replacement?
what you’ve done looks real good. To bad you can’t flip it over!
sucks about the gas tank getting banged up. I assume it would be prohibitive to wait for a replacement?
what you’ve done looks real good. To bad you can’t flip it over!
Or have a lift....
rotisserie would be cool too. Or a lift...
rotisserie would be cool too. Or a lift...
yeah...a lift and a rotisserie. 
I can dream!! until then I will venture under there on the creeper with my safety specs on and do a little at a time.
I can dream!! until then I will venture under there on the creeper with my safety specs on and do a little at a time.
At least the car is inside and dry.yeah...a lift and a rotisserie.
I can dream!! until then I will venture under there on the creeper with my safety specs on and do a little at a time.
Sucky work but you’ll never have to do it again. Unless you get happy with it one night and drive it through a muddy corn feild. Lol! Unlikely!
Nice job Rene!
How’s the heat in the garage?
He called them ball-cicles on Thursday, for whatever that meant. I couldn’t find that in the index for the Chiltons
Haha! I was thinking about paint. 10c is min for paint.
My floor heat is being a bitch in my garage. Only 5c. I’m not doing F all in it right now.
Ball-circles sounds like a bad time!?
